Table 2.

Logistic regression analysis evaluating the predictors of making the choice on dialysis modality after receiving education in 214 UPS patients

Variables	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Age, ≥69 years	0.64 (0.37–1.11)	0.11
Gender, male versus female	1.70 (0.97–2.98)	0.07
Diabetes, presence versus absence	0.94 (0.53–1.64)	0.81
Initial dialysis modality, PD versus HD	6.33 (2.89–13.87)	<0.001
Country, DE + FR + AU versus the UK + SE + DK	0.50 (0.28–0.87)	0.02

Notes: Pseudo-r²=0.12. Significant values are marked in bold (P<0.05).

Abbreviations: AU, Austria; CI, confidence interval; DE, Germany; DK, Denmark; FR, France; HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; SE, Sweden; UPS, unplanned dialysis start.